Proverbs 27:2

New International Version

Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.

Cross References

2 Kings 10:16

Jehu said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” Then he had him ride along in his chariot.

Proverbs 20:6

Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find?

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.

Proverbs 27:3

Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

2 Corinthians 10:12

We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.